Mosquito-veil.



n. 0. A. HULTSTRO'M.

MOSQUITO VEIL.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 5, 1914.

1 a, 1 1,851. Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

WITNESSES:

. MW I COLUMBIA PLANOURAPH C0-, WASHINGTON. D. c.

DAVID C. A. HULTSTBIGM, OF VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.

MOSQUITO-V1111 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 141:, 1915.

Application filed September 5, 1914. Serial No. 860,353.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, I)AVID C. A. I'IULT- s'rnoar, a subject of the King of Sweden, residing at Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mosquito-Veils, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a mask and protection for the head and face of the wearer against insects, such as the mosquito.

A fine net mesh secured to the headdress and attached to the upper part of the body is generally recognized as the most effective protection against the mosquito. It is open to objection that it interferes with the vision of the user and if made of fabric to be flexible, that portion of it immediately opposite the mouth and nose is rendered ineffective for purposes of respiration and is rapidly destroyed by the moisture of the breath condensing on it. To overcome these objections I provide, in a hat suspended veil of mosquito netting, a mask portion opposite the face of fine wire gauze of non-corrodible material in which mask is a light metal spectacle frame in which are glasses of plain window glass, the spectacle frame having flexible resilient provision for supporting it at a definite distance from and opposite the eyes and a band which passes around the head to hold it in position.

The particular manner in which these ideas are carried into effect is fully set forth in the following specification, reference being made to the drawings by which it is accompanied, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the application of the device to the head and shoulders of a man. Fig. 2 is a face view of the mask portion of the device from the inside. Fig. 8, a section of the spectacle frame showing a convenient manner of mounting the glass therein and of the resilient device by which the spectacle frame is retained in position by engagement with the nose. Fig. 4. is a perspective view of the supports by which the position of the mask is preserved from the brow and nose. Fig. 5 shows a drinking tube, and Figs. 6 and 7 enlarged details in face view and section of the closable aperture in the mask through which the drinking tube is passed to the mouth of the wearer.

In these drawings 2 represents a veil of fabric, such as mosquito net, which is provided with a gathering string 3 by which it may be drawn around the brim of the hat of the wearer. This veil is provided around its lower edge with a light harness 4-, preferably of web material, which is designed to pass across the chest and back and over the shoulders and under the arms of the wearer. It has provision at 5 for adjusting its length to what is necessary to pass around each arm and each arm encircling portion is connected at the front by a ring and snap hook at 6. In this veil? is inserted a mask 10 of wire gauze, preferably of non-corrodible metal, such as bronze, which mask is stamped to a curvature generally conforming to that of the face and to project inward toward the eyes, as at 11, and outward again so as to be well clear of the nose and mouth. It is reinforced by a wire edging and by two ver tical wires 12 approximate to the middle line and a cross wire 13 adjacent to the bend inward to the eye depression 11. In this mask 10 is secured a. light metal spectacle frame 15 which is adapted to receive circular glasses 16 of plain glass. These glasses should be normal to the line of vision and as close as practicable to the eye without interfering with the movement of the lashes. The frame has a flexible slightlv resilient strip 17 which is so placed and bent as to act as a resilient support on the forehead or brow of the wearer and maintain the glasses at a suitable distance from the eye. Supplementing the support 17 is a similar support 18 which is bent to engage the bridge of the nose and retain the spec tacle framein the central position. At each end of the spectacle frame is connected a band 1.9 having provision at 20 for adjustment of the head of the wearer. This band is attached within the veil 2 and is preferably elastic.

In the lower part of the mask opposite the mouth is an aperture having a ring mount 21 and closable with a small shutter 22 which is pivotally mounted at 2.8 on the ring frame and has projections 24 to retain it in the closed position against the ring on which it is mounted. Through this aperture a short length of metal tube 20 having a flexible rubber tube 26 connected to it may be passed to enable the wearer to drink. 0

The spectacle frame 15 is secured in the gauze mask 10 and each glass 16 secured in the frame by a ring 27 conforming to that mosquito's or other'fiies are numerous: The

fiexibleveildepending from the headdress and. confined around the neck and shoulders affordsfreedom' of movement While the reasonably rigid mask of wire gauze supported at a fixed distance from the-mouth and nose prevents the flexible fabric from coming in contact therewith, and the inserted glasses afford an uninterrupted vision.

Having now particularly described my invention, I hereby declare that what I claim as new anddesire to be protected in by Letters-Patent, is: c H 7 I I L A mosquito veil, comprising the com bination with a veil of flexible fabric having provisionfor attachment to'the headdress and aroundthe neck and shoulders of the wearer, of ainask of wire gauze in serted in the veil opposite the mouth and nose, resilient contacts secured to themask andadapted to bear on the ridge of the nose at two places, andmeans engaging the head of the' wearer for retaining said contacts 1n engagement withthe nose and holding the mask in position.

2. A mosqulto veil, comprising the combination With a veil of flexible fabric hav-' ing provision for'attachment to the headdress and around the neck and shoulders of the wearer, of a mask of Wire gauze inserted in'the fabric opposite the mouth and nose,

transparencies opposite the eyes, resilient contacts secured to said mask and adapted to-bear on the brow and on theridge of the nose of the wearer, and means for maintainingfsaid contacts against the brow and nose and thereby retaining the mask in position.

A mosquito veil, comprising the combination with a veil offlexible fabric having provision for attachment to the headdress and around the neck and shoulders of the wearer, of a mask of wire gauze inserted in the veil opposite the position of the mouth and nose said mask having apertures located in a depression of the mask toward the eyes, which apertures are fitted with plaintransparencies and resilient contacts secured to the mask and adapted to bear on the brow and on the ridge of the nose of the wearer, and means passing around the head for retaining the mask in position. 1

4. A mosquito veil, comprising the combination with a veil of flexible fabric having provision for fastening to the headdress and around the neck and shoulders of the wearer, of a mask of wire gauze inserted in the fabric opposite the face, said mask being depressed toward the eyes and apertured to receive a spectacle frame fitted with plain glasses and having springs to bear against the brow and ridge of the nose of the wearer to maintain the mask in position, and a band connected to each end of the spectacle frame, andencircling the head of the wearer.

5. A mosquito veil, comprising the combination with a veil of flexible fabric having adrawingstring at the upper end for attachment of the-veil t0 the headdress and a' harness fitting across the back and chest and around the arms of the wearer, said veil having inserted in it opposite the face a mask of wire gauze which is bent in horizontal'section to conform generally to the curvature of the face and in vertical section has a depression opposite the eyes said mask having plain glasses mounted in a suitable frame opposite the eyes, said frame having secured to it resilient bearing pieces for the brow and nose maintaining the mask in a central position and at the desired distance from the face, and a band secured to the ends of the spectacle frame and adapted to encircle the head of the wearer.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID C. A. HULTSTROM. Witnesses:

ROWLAND BRITTAIN 7 I MAY WVHYTE.

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